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摘要

The rare property of negative thermal expansion (NTE) (i.e. contraction upon heating and expansion upon cooling) has recently been discovered in a number of coordination framework materials, in particular metal-polycarboxylate frameworks (aka metal-organic frameworks, or 'MOFs') (see Wu Y. et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008,47, 8929-32).